Pont-Croix travel guide
Visit Pont-Croix: Highlights and Tourist Information
IMPORTANT: this is a summary of local highlights. For detailed visitor information see Pont-Croix travel guide
Location: Pont-Croix is situated in the Finistere department (Brittany region) in the north-west of France at 30 km from Quimper, the department capital. (General information: Pont-Croix is 512 km from Paris and 560 km from the port at Calais).
Market days in Pont-Croix: weekly market: Thursday; (markets take place in the morning unless indicated)
Popular places to visit near Pont-Croix: these include Audierne at 4 km and Douarnenez at 13 km. Ile-de-Sein is a listed most beautiful village at 19 km and Pointe du Raz is a listed grand site of france at 19 km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
Selected places to visit and attractions near Pont-Croix, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Pont-Croix
See France This Way travel guides for Finistere and Brittany (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Pont-Croix.
Note that all distances from Pont-Croix shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Pont-Croix holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see our hotel search (from a leading hotel agent and with a great selection of hotels and a best price promise).
For a longer visit popular choices include apartments and holiday rentals. For these we suggest two popular options: holiday villages in Brittany and Finistere gites and villas
Markets near Pont-Croix
- Pont-Croix: market every Thursday (0km)
- Audierne: market every Wednesday & Saturday (4km)
- Douarnenez: market every Wednesday & Monday & Friday (13km)
- Crozon: market every Monday (23km)
- Pont-l'Abbe: market every Thursday all day (28km)
- Penmarch: market every Friday (28km)
- Quimper: market every Wednesday all day & Sunday & Saturday all day (29km)
- Combrit: market every Wednesday (30km)
- Guilvinec: market every Sunday - seasonal market only - (31km)
- Guilvinec: market every Tuesday (31km)
Tourist attractions nearby
Below we show places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Pont-Croix and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Pont-Croix map below.
Aquarium Océanopolis (39km)
Enclos-paroissial Argol (26km); Plougastel-Daoulas (38km); Pleyben (44km); Brasparts (49km)
Grand Site Of France Pointe du Raz (19km)
Heritage Site Camaret-sur-Mer tour dorée (Vauban fortifications) (27km)
Most Beautiful Village Ile-de-Sein (19km); Locronan (22km)
Regional Natural Parc Armorique (34km)
Remarkable Garden Jardin du château de Lanniron (30km); Jardin du prieuré de Locmaria (30km); Parc botanique de Cornouaille (30km); Conservatoire botanique du Stangalac'h (39km)
Site Of Natural Beauty Baie de Douarnenez (25km); Pointe de Penhir (25km); Menez-Hom (27km); Marais de Mousterlin (41km); Archipel des Glénan (51km)
Town Of Art And History Quimper (29km)
Ville Fleurie 4* Quimper (29km); Brest (39km)
Map of places to visit near Pont-Croix & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Pont-Croix
Canton: Pont-Croix
Arrondissement: Quimper
Department: Finistere
Region: Brittany
Postcode: 29790
Distance to Pont-Croix
from Quimper (local prefecture): 30 km
from Paris: 512 km
from Calais: 560 km
from Nice: 1029 km
from Bordeaux: 466 km
from Strasbourg: 906 km
* distances are direct not by road!
More information
We have 6 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Pont-Croix): Audierne, Beuzec-Cap-Sizun, Esquibien, Mahalon, Plouhinec and Poullan-sur-Mer.
Getting here
Finistere is in the north-west of France. Most visitors Most UK visitors arrive by car from one of the many cross-channel ports along the Brittany and Normandy coast. These are typically within 2 hours drive. For driving distances to Pont-Croix from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Pont-Croix